Tier Blundell, a 33-year-old Abob trustee, has lived an extraordinary life. Enduring racist abuse in his youth, facing school disruptions, and spending time in a Pupil Referral Unit, his journey has been remarkable.
Radio 4’s Life Changing featured Tier’s life story. Tier is an activist for young men like himself who grew up feeling excluded.
Reece Pallatao is a young man from Cornwall’s abob group. Here he tells Cornwall Live that joining abandofbrothers saved his life.
A call saved my life the day I was ready to kill myself
Interview with ABoB volunteer Izzi Polehampton in the Guardian.
Izzi Polehampton, A Band Of Brothers, Falmouth Izzi Polehampton does more to help his community than almost anyone else. His mother killed herself when he was 15, leaving him with an alcoholic, abusive father. Suffering acute anxiety and depression, compounded by mental disorders and addiction, Polehampton’s life was one of self-destruction. When he discovered A Band of Brothers, however, he worked … Read More
Piece by Nirpal Dhaliwal in the Telegraph
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